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ou enter a lottery by purchasing one of the 1,000 tickets. There is one grand prize...

ou enter a lottery by purchasing one of the 1,000 tickets. There is one grand prize winner, 2 second prize winners, and 5 small prize winners. These are selected at random (without replacement) from a bin containing all the tickets.

a) What is the probability that you will win the grand prize?

b) What is the probability that you will win a prize of some type?

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